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Travellers to be evicted in Histon

repost from Cambridge evening news. | 02.02.2004 11:21 | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | Cambridge

Travellers 'must go' - Published on 31 January 2004
Cambridge Evening News

A GROUP of travellers in Histon could be forcibly thrown off land they are illegally occupying - but council officers say they hope to avoid violent clashes seen recently in Essex.

Bailiffs from Chelmsford Borough Council, backed by police in riot gear, evicted a group of travellers from an illegal site in the Essex village of Little Waltham last week.

Some travellers were wrestled to the ground by bailiffs while others started fires on the site and children threw rocks. Four bailiffs were injured and two were taken to hospital.

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